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How to make my IP publicly accessible to make my local Tomcat server public?

If it is for short term, you can use localtunnel (same like ngrok). Just follow these steps (require: NodeJS): Install localtunnel by running npm install -g localtunnel Assumes, your app is ...
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Resolve email delivery issue on "From and EnvelopeFrom 2nd level mail domains are different". Is this a hosting provider issue?

After considerable research, today I answer myself: YES, it IS a hosting provider issue. Here are the reasons: Today, SPF alone is not enough anymore to validate a sender for any serious email ...
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How to make a webserver accesible by any PC via my public IP?

You want to check a few things: If you have multiple normal public IP addresses: Assign a regular public IP address to your web server. Make sure your router knows how to route to this. Bind the web ...
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How do I disable CGN (LSN) so I can host a server?

CGN is something your ISP does, not something you can change. And the ISP often doesn't have a choice because they don't have enough IPv4 addresses to give every customer a separate one. So they have ...
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Colocated hosting for individuals

Your question can't be answered without knowing where you live. For example, shipping a desktop PC from Europe to the USA will cost a fortune as well (for private persons). Furthermore, you should ...
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Not able to access my server using public IP

The public IP address is not yours; it's shared between multiple customers. In other words, you're behind CGNAT (Carrier-grade NAT) and your network is not reachable from the outside. Several results ...
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Remote Desktop disconnects after closing my Laptoplid

As some commenters have already noted, Windows puts laptops into sleep mode by default when the lid is closed. You should be able to change this, after which remote access should work as expected. ...
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How to make my IP publicly accessible to make my local Tomcat server public?

Similar to @KernelMode answer, using ngrok but if you are on a macOS, open a terminal to the directory you downloaded ngrok and type ./ngrok http 8080 this will give you a http and a https public URL ...
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How to find a domain based on the IP address?

Both of following commands is OK! 208.97.177.124 => apache2-argon.william-floyd.dreamhost.com nslookup -type=PTR 208.97.177.124 in-addr.arpa nslookup -type=PTR 208.97.177.124 nslookup 208.97.177....
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If a WHOIS search returns 428 domains on the nameservers for that domain, does that mean that server is hosting 428 domains?

Does that mean there are 428 domains hosted on the same server as ours? Don't confuse web hosting and DNS hosting. They are independent services and usually hosted by separate servers. They have ...
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Setting a static IP for my router eventually prevents computer from being able to web

Generally, your ISP will not assign a static IP address unless you pay for one. You can't just change the IP address you get from your ISP to static from dynamic. What's likely happening here is that ...
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Self-hosting without access to router

Localtunnel You may wish to try Localtunnel. In short, Localtunnel is a project which aims to allow you to "easily share a web service on your local development machine without messing with DNS and ...
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Use windows 10 instead of windows server to host services

You most definitely can host a website on Windows 10. You say "services," but dont mention what they are. Assuming these services come with, or can be installed on Windows 10, then it will work. ...
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What is actually happening on uploading the files from FileZilla ? Are we hosting it ? , if yes how it is actually linked with web hosting provider?

FileZilla is an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program used to connect to and transfer files to and from an FTP server. FileZilla itself does not host any websites. However, many servers running apache ...
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Github says Pages shouldn't be used for sending passwords or credit card information. Why?

HTTPS encrypts/protects information in transit (ie from client->server and server->client), but not information at rest. So, even if you put passwords or credit card information on your page and ...
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What happen if two websites redirect its users to each other?

You will probably just get the error Too many redirects and nothing further will happen. It's not something I'm ever likely to test empirically.
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Can I point two different types of server on same domain

Only indirectly – by having the "managed hosting" site receive the requests and proxy them to the appropriate server (using the reverse proxy capabilities of the web server). While the ...
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Is it safe to push a git repository with SSH to a server instance?

Yes this is safe to run, provided you have enough trust in the new host to put your code in it. The SSH connection will be used by your local git executable, so its not like the server can do weird ...
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How can I send email reports to myself from my home server?

Answering the part about sending emails with gmail not working since i have encountered the same problem: To send emails using google's smtp you have to enable a setting called less secure apps ...
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How can I send email reports to myself from my home server?

If you only want to send email to your mailbox.org account; you can set up your mail client to send mail directly into mailbox.org's MX servers. This will only allow you to send email to @mailbox.org ...
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Subdomain server IP address could not be found

I think you need only: subdomain A 14400 IP Address
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External custom domain to render from an app without change the URI in the address bar of the browser

return 301 is an HTTP redirect. HTTP 30x redirects are responses sent to the web browser, so they always change what's shown in the address bar, because that's literally what they do. For example, ...
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Self-hosting without access to router

If their router communicates with the next node on its WAN side via 8P8C (RJ45) socket without any password then it's probably identified by its MAC address (compare PPPoA or PPPoE, they typically ...
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MS Word document shows question mark symbol � on GitHub

That symbol means that it doesn't exist in particular text coding (e. g. Unicode). Change the text coding for that page in your browser.
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What protocol is used to upload files to the server (hosting)?

FTP is still used, depending on the host. However plain, unencrypted FTP transfers are unusual nowadays. More often, FTPS (FTP over SSL) is used. FTPS is still essentially FTP for practical purposes ...
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Making a webserver

what is the minimum hardware and software to make a simple webserver? Hardware: An Ethernet cable and something like a Raspberry Pi. It is debatable whether an Arduino with an Ethernet "shield" would ...
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phishing error when enter naked domain name

Your site works fine from my computer on a corporate network, which definitely uses a firewall. This 'firewall' you have problems with is likely part of a suite of security programs, including anti-...
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Changing DNS for Subdomain

When you registered your domain name, there would have been an option to set up the nameservers for it. If you were not offered this, or just went with the defaults these nameservers will be ...
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how to remove account has suspended message in godaddy hosting after expiration?

You will have to either renew the subscription, or transfer the domain to another hosting. You cannot do anything unless you own the domain. Given that it expired, you currently do NOT own the domain....
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Fast download of multiple FTP directories

FTP is a horrible protocol - your approach of zipping and downloading files is appropriate as this is likely to be a lot faster then navigating the whole directory tree - indeed if this is only going ...
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